RAJESH MATHUR’S BLOG
A blog about sensemaking, critical thinking and systems thinking. Read insights, views, observations, recommendations and techniques from my learning and experiences.
How a Google Maps Review Got Me a Job Offer
I once received a job offer just because someone I vaguely knew read one of my restaurant reviews. Here’s what happened... I was dropping off my son at school one morning and as usual, saying hello to other parents and teachers who I knew. Among those was a father...
Anonymous feedback sucks, but we give it anyway!
Anonymous feedback can expose culture issues of an organisation. It can be damaging to people’s motivation and morale.
Three Agile and Scrum questions from a reader
Delivering work using Agile practices can be tough because work environments vary and different organisations throw different kinds of challenges on us. I often receive questions from readers about agile delivery practices. What I have been observing for a while is...
Biases, mindset and tools
Few recent conversations made me think about the approaches and tools that we choose for delivering valuable work. Many people rely solely on tools that they've always been using. They never change their ways of working. Or, they may change the labels, but not the...
Commit to CRIME
When Mike told me and few others that we should commit to crime and also get our teams to do that, I was like, "Huh? What do you mean?". He went on to explain what CRIME acronym was. CRIME stands for Collaboration, Retrospective, Investigating, Mapping and...
Tips for Job Seekers
As a #JobSeeker, one of my mentees asked for help and I gave him few tips to deal with the current situation. I hope they are useful to others too. 1. Do some planning:- what can you do to manage the situation in the short term- what does the long term look like 2....
Is Remote working doing more harm than good?
Is remote work doing more harm than helping? In the past weeks some of my clients, friends and ex-colleagues have told me how they're working longer hours, getting lesser exercise and spending less time with family.That indicates a big problem. And that problem is...
How do you improve collaboration when everyone is remote
Team bonding and collaboration can be improved even when team members are located remotely. This post explains how to use personal mapping and Quinks game for that purpose.
The Curse of Knowledge bias: Why Stakeholders Don’t Understand Our Ideas
The curse of Knowledge bias often comes in the way of our ideas and their acceptance. This post explores what it is and what we can do to beat it.
How to use SIPOC for mapping Agile delivery process
SIPOC is a process mapping tool. It stands for supplier, input, process, output and customer. Agile teams can use this while beginning with a new initiative.
With this new dedicated platform to share your skills and course offerings with everyone, I continued to be amazed with the work you do.
I follow your post and blogs and I must say they are very practical, direct to the context and insightful. I always make notes and try to implement to improve at a personal and professional level. Keep inspiring us and keep writing good and useful stuff, Rajesh.
About me
Hi , my name is Rajesh Mathur. I am a consultant, coach and facilitator with extensive experience in sensemaking, delivery, software development, testing and Agile practices that I have been living for over 24 years now. Read more